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Mike Smit recently wrote a post on the implications of new legislation on turnitin.com at Dalhousie University. If you haven’t already had an opportunity to read this entry, please do. Mike works hard to dig out the facts on issues and I think the facts on this issue need to be out in [...]

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A few interesting tidbits on this system as of late. Some of Mike Smit’s work has been included in a rather well put together piece on the issues regarding turnitin.com.
Earlier this semester, UCIS released their Fall 2006 version of the Digital Times. Of note in this issue was an article titled “Avoid Google [...]

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Last week I was extremely pleased to see that Mike’s press for more information on Turnitin.com was getting some rather public attention from the Gazette. Unfortunately the responses to concerns thus far have been less helpful than I’d hoped. The quotes in the article responding to student concerns are really a shame. [...]

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It would seem that in my absence some very constructive discussions over turnitin.com at Dalhousie University are occurring. You can find some of the discussion at

Comments posted to my blog entry on turnitin.com and intellectual property
The flurry of activity at Mike Smit’s Blog

Copyright and “fingerprints”
TurnItIn.com: what do they save?
TurnItIn.com: it is not all their [...]

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